Beyond Westworld is a 1980 American television series that carried on the story of the 1973 feature film Westworld while making no reference to its 1976 motion picture sequel Futureworld. It featured Jim McMullan as Security Chief John Moore of the Delos Corporation. The story revolved around John Moore having to stop the evil scientist, Quaid, as he planned to use the robots in Delos to try to take over the world. Despite being nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards (Outstanding Achievement i...

My first introduction to Westworld was my mom buying a VHS tape of it after seeing Yul Breneer in a cowboy hat, and thinking it was a western. That initial disappointment has always colored that movie for me.

My fondness for the original aside, I do like that this version is a serial and not a stand-alone feature. I think Hollywood should in general do more “revisiting worlds” than “rebooting” or “remaking” stories.